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Tools: Those instruments and capabilities that allow for the professional <br /> performance of tasks, such as information systems, agreements, doctrine, <br /> capabilities, and legislative authorities. <br /> Tribal: Any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or community, <br /> including any Alaskan Native Village as defined in or established pursuant to the <br /> Alaskan Native Claims Settlement Act (85 stat. 688) [43 U.S.C.A. and 1601 et <br /> seq.], that is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services <br /> provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians. <br /> Type: A classification of resources in the ICS that refers to capability. Type 1 is <br /> generally considered to be more capable than Types 2, 3, or 4, respectively, <br /> because of size; power; capacity; or, in the case of incident management teams, <br /> experience and qualifications. <br /> Unified Area Command: A Unified Area Command is established when incidents <br /> under an Area Command are multijurisdictional. (See Area Command.) <br /> Unified Command: An application of ICS used when there is more than one <br /> agency with incident jurisdiction or when incidents cross political jurisdictions. <br /> Agencies work together through the designated members of the UC, often the <br /> senior person from agencies and/or disciplines participating in the UC, to <br /> establish a common set of objectives and strategies and a single IAP. <br /> Unit: The organizational element having functional responsibility for a specific <br /> incident planning, logistics, or finance/administration activity. <br /> Unity of Command: The concept by which each person within an organization <br /> reports to one and only one designated person. The purpose of unity of command <br /> is to ensure unity of effort under one responsible commander for every objective. <br /> Volunteer: For purposes of the NIMS, a volunteer is any individual accepted to <br /> perform services by the lead agency, which has authority to accept volunteer <br /> services, when the individual performs services without promise, expectation, or <br /> receipt of compensation for services performed. See, e.g., 16 U.S.C. 742f(c) and <br /> 29 CFR 553.101. <br /> 14 <br />